I have no idea what he charges or how he conducts a dinner party, whether he cooks at the client's house or brings things with him, but one of the best meals I've ever had was his guest chef dinner at Restaurant M a while back.

There was an article in the Inquirer on August 23 by Dianna Marder about the rise in number of personal chefs in the Philly Metro area. One of the personal chefs featured that article could work. It could also give you some suggestions in general.

Another good option would be to try the Restaurant School. A number of their culinary/chef instructors could do this very well, and they would be well suited to explaining and demonstrating each part of the cooking process. However, the instructors at the Restaurant School all work at restaurants in the evenings when they're not teaching.

Finally, a restaurant chef that I would strongly recommend is Chef Ron over at Le Bec-Fin. He's a great guy, very personable, and very talented.

Actually I was just looking at Shola's blog remembering that dinner and the suzuki dish isn't featured in any of the closeups, but it's the one they're plating in the last few pics on the first set of pics:

I work in the entertainment business and we use Chef Andy Lorusso all the time for our clients events. He is ALOT of fun. There is a video demo of him on our website www.corporateartists.com search for Andy Lorusso. If interested, call Mari Sanders at 865-689-7376

Shola is amazing. Anything he touches turns sublime, and he is one heck of a good demonstrator as well. I'm the gal who crawled up those stairs on her hands and knees to dine at STudio Kitchen. And, I'd do it again...